List of actors who played the president of the Philippines

This is a partial list of actors who have played the role of a real or fictitious president of the Philippines in films, television, and other media.

This list excludes:

• Other historical figures has been considered by historians as an unofficial president of the Philippines and was similarly portrayed in fiction as such like the depiction of Andres Bonifacio by Robin Padilla in the 2014 film Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo .
• Depiction of a president of the Philippines that covered a period outside their presidencies; e.g. Iginuhit ng Tadhana a 1965 biographical film of Ferdinand Marcos prior to his being elected president. ^[1]

Portrayal of real presidents

Film

President	Actor	Film	Year
Emilio Aguinaldo	Charles Stevens	Across the Pacific	1926
	Roy Lachica	Virgin Forest	1985
	Mike Lloren	Sakay	1993
	Joel Torre	Tirad Pass: The Last Stand of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar	1996
	Mengie Ngo	Baler	2008
	Lance Raymundo	Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio	2012
	E.R. Ejercito	El Presidente [2]	2012
	Jun Nayra	Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo	2014
	Mon Confiado	Heneral Luna [3]	2015
		Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral [3]	2018
Manuel Quezon	Raymond Bagatsing [4]	Quezon's Game	2018
Jose P. Laurel	Omar Flores	Laurel [5]	2019
Diosdado Macapagal	Leopoldo Salcedo [6]	The Macapagal Story [7]	1963
	Fred Montilla	Tagumpay ng Mahirap [8]	1965
Ferdinand Marcos	Luis Gonzales	Pinagbuklod ng Langit [9]	1969
		Kumander Dante	1988
	Ruben Rustia [10]	A Dangerous Life	1988
	Willie Nepomuceno	Mayor Cesar Climaco	1994
		Chavit	2003
		The Guerilla is a Poet	2013
	Nonie Buencamino	Eskapo	1995
	Pen Medina	Ang Cute ng Ina Mo	2007
	Lance Raymundo	Dahling Nick	2015
	Cesar Montano	Maid in Malacañang [11]	2022
		Martyr or Murderer [12]	2023
	E. R. Ejercito	Imelda Papin: The Untold Story	2023
Corazon Aquino	Laurice Guillen [10]	A Dangerous Life	1988
	Luz Valdez	Alfredo Lim: Batas ng Maynila	1995
	Tess Villarama	Ilaban Mo, Bayan Ko: The Obet Pagdanganan Story	1997
		Chavit	2003
	Pia Millado	The Last Journey of Ninoy	2009
	Giselle Sanchez [13] [14]	Maid in Malacañang	2022
Sachzna Laparan	Martyr or Murderer [15]	2023
Joseph Ejercito Estrada	Dante Castro	Home Along Da Riles: The Movie	1993
	Willie Nepomuceno	Chavit [16]	2003
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	Ate Glow	Moron 5 and the Crying Lady	2012
Benigno Aquino III	Jervi Cajarop	The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin	2014
		Mamasapano: Now It Can Be Told	2022
Rodrigo Roa Duterte	Efren Reyes Jr.	Bato (The General Ronald dela Rosa Story) [17]	2019
Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.	Aga Muhlach	Martyr or Murderer	2023

Television

President	Actor	Program	Year
Emilio Aguinaldo	Raymond Alsona	Bayani	1996
	Dennis Trillo	Official Lupang Hinirang music video produced by GMA Network. [18]	2010
	Nico Antonio	Katipunan	2013
Manuel Quezon	Richard Gutierrez	Official Lupang Hinirang music video produced by GMA Network.	2010
Corazon Aquino	Jan Hooks	Saturday Night Live	1986 1987 1989
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	Marina Summers [19]	Drag Race Philippines	2022
Rodrigo Duterte	Phillip Salvador	Maalaala Mo Kaya ( Steak ) [20]	2019

Portrayal of fictional presidents

Film

Actor	President	Film	Year
Ernie Zarate	President Ventura	Iligpit Si Victor Saraza	1997
Eddie Gil	Himself (depicted to have won the 2004 Philippine presidential election, from which he was disqualified from running after being declared a nuisance candidate in real life)	Volta	2004
Gloria Diaz	Hillary Dafalong (assassinated) [21]	Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat	2008
DJ Durano	Bill Bilyones (acting, lost in snap election) [21]
Ai-Ai delas Alas	Ina Montecillo (won snap election, resigned) [21]
Cherry Pie Picache	Ren Constantino (assumed office after Ina Montecillo's resignation) [21]
	Ren Constantino	Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)	2010
	Ren Constantino (mention only)	Enteng ng Ina Mo	2011
Bibeth Orteza	Genoviva Obrero	10,000 Hours	2013

Television

Actor	President	Television series	Year
Joji Isla	Marcurakus (parody of Ferdinand Marcos) [22]	Sic O'Clock News	1987-1989
Ces Quesada	Presidentita (parody of Corazon Aquino) [22]		1987-1990
Madeleine Nicolas	Tita Cory Pepino (parody of Corazon Aquino)	Ispup	1999-2004
Willie Nepomuceno	Sherep Entrada (parody of Joseph Estrada)		1999-2004
Candy Pangilinan	Gloring Macabagal-Barroyo (parody of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo)		2001-2004
Michael V.	GMHey (parody of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo)	Bubble Gang	2001-2010
Eddie Garcia	Leandro Montemayor	Kung Mawawala Ka	2002-2003
Rowell Santiago	Juan Policarpio	Tanging Yaman	2010
Jackie Lou Blanco	Ramona Escalabre (outgoing president)	Genesis	2013
Lorna Tolentino	Sandra Sebastian-Trinidad		2013
Eula Valdez	Leonora Clarissa "Leona" Jacinto-Gonzaga	Princess in the Palace	2015-2016
Jose Manalo	Rodney Juterte (parody of Rodrigo Duterte)	Sunday PinaSaya	2016
Joel de la Fuente	Datu Andrada (loosely based on Rodrigo Duterte) [23]	Madam Secretary	2017
Maja Salvador	Ivy P. Aguas/Lily Cruz-Torillo (President-elect)	Wildflower	2018
Rowell Santiago	Oscar Hidalgo [24]	Ang Probinsyano	2018–2022
Edu Manzano	Lucas Cabrera (Acting President) [25]		2018–2019
Noel Colet	Camilo Edades (Acting President)		2022
Menggie Cobarrubias	Ricardo San Jose (final appearance)	Beautiful Justice	2020
Boots Anson-Roa	Diane Carlos (died in office)	First Yaya	2021-2022
Gabby Concepcion	Glenn Acosta (Acting President) [26]
Gabby Concepcion	Glenn Acosta (Acting President) [26]	First Lady	2022
Sanya Lopez	Melody Reyes-Acosta (inaugurated at the series finale)
Chanda Romero [27]	Madam President	Black Rider	2024
John Arcilla [28]	Elias Sagrado (resigned)	Pamilya Sagrado	2024
Piolo Pascual [28]	Rafael Sagrado (Acting President)
Dingdong Dantes [29]	Frederico Macalintal	Lilet Matias: Attorney-at-Law	2025

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